'Up and walking in no time': Outrage as Harvey Weinstein moved to medical unit after conviction overturned
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After his NY rape conviction was overturned this week, Harvey Weinstein was moved back into Rikers Island on Friday afternoon, April 26.
The disgraced movie mogul is doing his time in a special cell unit at Rikers’ West Facility. It is for inmates with medical issues, Juda Engelmayer, his spokesperson, told the New York Post.
“We are grateful for how smoothly [the NYC Department of Corrections and NYC H+H/Correctional Health Services] handled the return to Rikers," Engelmayer said, before adding Weinstein is “having his medical needs tended to."
“At the same time, we are cautiously optimistic and are prepared to go to trial, if it comes to that," Engelmayer added. “There are fewer charges now and the deck isn’t going to be illegally stacked against him.”
He further said, “While we all enjoy the same rights when it comes to our justice system, a defendant has an additional right to due process. We are glad the Appeals Court judges saw it that way.”
What did Manhattan DA's Office say?
Weinstein will face a retrial as the DA’s Office has expressed their interest to push the case once again against the former producer.
“At the Manhattan DA’s Office, our Special Victims Division fights each and every day to center survivors, uplift their voices, and seek justice for these horrific crimes," Manhattan District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Emily Tuttle said in a statement.
"Our mission is to center survivors’ experiences and wellbeing in every decision we make, which we will do as we approach the next steps in this case.
Internet reflects on Harvey Weinstein's NY case being overturned
Internet reacted to Weinstein's getting medical leverage and recent overruling of his NY case.
One person said, "He will be up and walking in no time."
"A woman overturned the Weinstein conviction," one commented.
An online user commented on X, "Trumpy and him are gonna be roomies!!!"
"Shocking news from yesterday!" another wrote.
One user said, "Everyone of them that was hurt should've come forward at the start!"
Everyone of them that was hurt should've come forward at the start!
— okgirlny (@okgirlny137770) April 27, 2024
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